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# Get instance SKU

> > ⚠️ This endpoint is in [public preview](/preview/roadmap).

Retrieve an instance SKU by ID, including its properties.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /preview/openapi.json get /preview/v2/instance_skus/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: sfc-api
  description: >-
    Public preview API - subject to change. See
    https://docs.sfcompute.com/preview/roadmap for details.
  version: 0.1.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.sfcompute.com
security:
  - bearer_auth: []
tags:
  - name: Pools
    description: A bucket of owned compute balance over time.
  - name: Orders
    description: >-
      Place orders targeting a capacity to increase your reserved compute
      balance during some time period.
  - name: Instance Templates
    description: Reusable instance configuration.
  - name: Images
    description: Custom machine images for instances.
  - name: Roles
    description: TOML-based permission role definitions.
  - name: Grants
    description: Bind principals (users or tokens) to roles on a workspace.
  - name: Tokens
    description: Workspace-scoped API tokens.
  - name: Instances
    description: Spin up instances in a capacity to use your available compute.
  - name: Instance SKU Catalog
    description: Browse available instance SKU property definitions.
  - name: Procurements
    description: Market automations that maintain capacity by placing buy/sell orders.
  - name: Deployments
    description: Deployment automations that maintain a fleet of instances on a capacity.
  - name: Users
    description: Read-only access to users within the caller's organization.
  - name: Workspaces
    description: Resource containers scoped to an account.
  - name: Permissions
    description: Inspect what the caller is allowed to do.
  - name: Billing
    description: Billing profile, contacts, and auto top-up settings.
  - name: Orderbook
    description: >-
      Read-only orderbook visibility: bid/ask spread, depth of book, and
      historical fills, keyed on hardware requirements + delivery window.
  - name: Orders
    description: >-
      Estimate an order before placing it: filled price, fee, and operational
      notices.
paths:
  /preview/v2/instance_skus/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
        - Instance SKUs
      summary: Get instance SKU
      description: |-
        > ⚠️ This endpoint is in [public preview](/preview/roadmap).

        Retrieve an instance SKU by ID, including its properties.
      operationId: get_instance_sku
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          description: Instance SKU ID
          required: true
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstanceSkuId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Instance SKU details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstanceSku'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
        '404':
          description: Instance SKU not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFoundError'
        '500':
          description: Internal server error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerError'
      security:
        - bearer_auth: []
components:
  schemas:
    InstanceSkuId:
      oneOf:
        - type: string
          examples:
            - isku_k3R-nX9vLm7Qp2Yw5Jd8F
          pattern: isku_[0-9a-zA-Z_-]{1,21}
        - type: string
          description: Legacy alias prefix; accepted on read, never emitted on write.
          pattern: clus_[0-9a-zA-Z_-]{1,21}
      description: >-
        Accepts the canonical prefix below; additional legacy prefixes are
        aliased for read compatibility. Writes always emit the canonical form.
    InstanceSku:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Instance SKU details. See [the instance SKUs
        guide](https://docs.sfcompute.com/preview/instance-skus).
      required:
        - object
        - id
        - alias
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
          const: instance_sku
          default: instance_sku
          readOnly: true
        id:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InstanceSkuId'
        alias:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
          description: >-
            A short, unique, human-recognizable name for this SKU, e.g.
            `richmond`. For display only - reference the SKU by `id`.
        region:
          oneOf:
            - type: 'null'
            - type: object
              required:
                - value
                - display_value
              properties:
                value:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    The geographic region where the hardware is located, e.g.
                    `europe-north1`.
                display_value:
                  type: string
        availability_zone:
          oneOf:
            - type: 'null'
            - type: object
              required:
                - value
                - display_value
              properties:
                value:
                  type: string
                  description: An independent failure domain within a region, e.g. `a`.
                display_value:
                  type: string
        accelerator:
          oneOf:
            - type: 'null'
            - type: object
              required:
                - value
                - display_value
              properties:
                value:
                  type: string
                  description: The AI accelerator chip model, e.g. `h100`.
                display_value:
                  type: string
        form_factor:
          oneOf:
            - type: 'null'
            - type: object
              required:
                - value
                - display_value
              properties:
                value:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    The accelerator's physical form factor and host interface,
                    e.g. `sxm`.
                display_value:
                  type: string
        rdma_type:
          oneOf:
            - type: 'null'
            - type: object
              required:
                - value
                - display_value
              properties:
                value:
                  type: string
                  description: The RDMA technology available on the node.
                  enum:
                    - infiniband
                    - roce
                display_value:
                  type: string
        num_accelerators:
          oneOf:
            - type: 'null'
            - type: object
              required:
                - value
                - display_value
              properties:
                value:
                  type: integer
                  format: u-int32
                  description: The number of accelerator chips per node.
                  minimum: 0
                display_value:
                  type: string
        num_vcpus:
          oneOf:
            - type: 'null'
            - type: object
              required:
                - value
                - display_value
              properties:
                value:
                  type: integer
                  format: u-int32
                  description: The number of vCPUs per node, including hyperthreads.
                  minimum: 0
                display_value:
                  type: string
        memory:
          oneOf:
            - type: 'null'
            - type: object
              required:
                - value
                - display_value
              properties:
                value:
                  type: integer
                  format: u-int64
                  description: The total system memory per node, in bytes.
                  minimum: 0
                display_value:
                  type: string
        local_storage:
          oneOf:
            - type: 'null'
            - type: object
              required:
                - value
                - display_value
              properties:
                value:
                  type: integer
                  format: u-int64
                  description: The total local storage available to the VM, in bytes.
                  minimum: 0
                display_value:
                  type: string
        supports_public_ipv4:
          oneOf:
            - type: 'null'
            - type: object
              required:
                - value
                - display_value
              properties:
                value:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Whether the node provides a public IPv4 address.
                display_value:
                  type: string
    UnauthorizedError:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - type
            - message
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              const: authentication_error
              default: authentication_error
              readOnly: true
            message:
              type: string
              x-speakeasy-error-message: true
    NotFoundError:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - type
            - message
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              const: not_found
              default: not_found
              readOnly: true
            message:
              type: string
              x-speakeasy-error-message: true
    InternalServerError:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - type
            - message
          properties:
            type:
              type: string
              const: api_error
              default: api_error
              readOnly: true
            message:
              type: string
              x-speakeasy-error-message: true
    Name:
      type: string
      examples:
        - my-resource-name
      maxLength: 255
      minLength: 1
      pattern: '[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9._-]{0,254}'
  securitySchemes:
    bearer_auth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        Create an API token using `sf tokens create` or at
        https://sfcompute.com/account/api-keys.

````